Wood Group
Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — PASADENA, TEXAS
| Employer | Wood Group | Report ID | 2018076890 |
| Address | 9502 Bayport Blvd. | City, State ZIP | PASADENA, TEXAS 77507 |
| Event Date | July 10, 2018 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | Body Part | BODY SYSTEMS |
| Event Type | Exposure to environmental heat | Source of Injury | Heat-environmental |
| Industry (NAICS) | 213112 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 29.62000, -95.06000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was working with another employee, torqueing the manways on a tower. He came down around 2:30 p.m. due to the weather and went back up around 3:30. Around 4:45 the two finished the job. They came down and walked back to the lunch tent to rest, at which point the employee began vomiting. He was hospitalized for heat-stress-related illness.
Incident Summary
On July 10, 2018, a worker at Wood Group in PASADENA, TEXAS suffered effects of heat and light, unspecified to the body systems. The incident was classified as exposure to environmental heat, with heat-environmental identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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